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Article: Scott, Joan Wallach. The Politics of the Veil.(Book review)
- Article from:
- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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Scott, Joan Wallach. The Politics of the Veil. Princeton, N J: Princeton University Press, 2007, 208 pages. Hardcover $ 24.96.
Joan Wallach Scott's book refutes the view that the 2004 ban on wearing "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliations in public schools in France was to uphold France's liberal secular values and that the headscarf is a symbol of Islam's resistance to modernity. She argues that the ban is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens. Her book attempts to uncover the long history of racism behind the 2004 ban. It also exposes the constant creation of the so-called "clash of civilization."
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